Principles and Requirements. 1. Dislocation and inconvenience to full-time and part-time flexible employees shall be kept to the minimum consistent with the needs of the service. 2. The Vice-President, Area Operations shall give full consideration to withholding sufficient full-time and part-time flexible positions within the area for full- time and part-time flexible employees who may be involuntarily reassigned. Management shall identify duty assignments within the appropriate 3. The Union shall be notified in advance (as much as six (6) months whenever possible), such notification to be at the regional level, except under A.4 above, which shall be at the local level. 4. Following Regional notification, the parties will meet at the Regional/Area level to discuss the excessing event. At this meeting, the Employer will provide a listing of the residual vacancies for the excessing event. If the radius of the event exceeds 50 miles, the parties will agree on a timeframe for the offering and awarding of the residual vacancies. This agreed-upon process is to provide the impacted employee(s) at least 60 days written notice of the awarded duty assignment prior to the reporting date, unless the parties agree to a lesser period. If the radius is within 50 miles, the parties will agree on a timeframe for the offering and awarding of residual vacancies. This agreed- upon process is to provide the impacted employee(s) at least 30 days written notice of the awarded duty assignment prior to the reporting date, unless the parties agree to a lesser period.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
